Card-holder



G. F. HIX.

CARD HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED AUG-5, 1918.

1,357,561 Patented Nov. 2, 1920. I

UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GALEN r. I-IIX, 0F PORTLAND, MAINE.

CARD-HOLDER.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GALEN F. HIX, a c1t1- zen of the United States,residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine,have invented new and useful Improvements in Card-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for holding cards and is intended tobe used in store windows or on counters, show cases and 1n connectionwith the shelves for goods, or in any place where it is desired tofirmlysupport and display a card such as is used wlth printed material thereoncontaining certain information in relation to the goods d1splayed.

The invention consists in a piece of sheet material, preferablyresilient or spring llke, comprising in its construction a doublereverse bend consisting of two oppositely dlsposed loops adjacent toeach other, one of said loops adapted to receive and hold between itsopposite sides a piece of sheet material.

The invention further consists in a card holder comprising in itsconstruction a double reverse bend the free end of one of said loopsterminating in a hook, all as hereinafter set forth in the specificationand particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of one form of my invention showing thesame suspended upon a staple in connection with a shelf, the shelf beingshown in cross section.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the form of my invention illustrated inFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, with the card holder and card in adifferent position.

Fig. 4: is a side elevation and Fig. 5 a front elevation of anothermodified form of my invention.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 10 is a holdercomprisingv a plate bent to form a double reverse bend 11 consisting oftwo oppositely disposed loops 12 and 13, the part 14 of said doublereverse bend forming the inner side of the loop 12 and the inner side ofthe loop 13.

A card 15 is introduced between the inner side 14 of the loop 13 and theouter side Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed August 5, 1913. Serial No. 248.243.

16 thereof, said outer side 1'6 when the card i5 is removed preferablycontacting with the side 14.

The outer side 17 of the loop 12 is 'extended to form a hook 18 whichhas its opposite edges converging toward each other and is illustratedas engaging a staple 19 fast to a stationary support 20 constituting ashelf.

When it is desired to remove any article from a shelf below the shelf20, the card and holder are turned upwardly into the positionillustrated in Fig. 3 and in this position the loop 13 rests upon theupper front edge of the shelf 20. The card and holder then leave a freespace between the shelf 20 and another shelf which may be locatedtherebelow and thus goods may be removed from the lower shelf withoutengaging the card 15 or the holder.

In Figs. at and 5 a form of my invention is illustrated which isparticularly adapted to be attached to cloth and the like, and in thisform of my invention 33 is the reverse bend consisting of two loops 34Land 35, the outer side of the loop 35 being extended to form a hook 36having its opposite edges converging toward each other and terminatingin a pointed or pronged free end 37. T he card 15 is introduced betweenthe outer and inner sides of the loop 34. This device can be used toattach the device to cloth by inserting the prong 37 in said cloth.

It will be seen that my invention is capable of use for supporting cardsin a variety of different ways and in connection with different classesof support or articles to which it is intended to attach the card. Allof these different forms are alike, however, in that they embody areverse bend consisting. of two oppositely disposed loops, one of saidloops serving to hold the card firmly in position between its two sides,the other of said loops being utilized by extending its outer side toform means of supporting or steadying the holder when in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

1. A holder comprising a sheet metal plate bent to form a double reversebend consisting of two oppositely disposed loops adjacent to each otherthe free ends of said loops both extending in the same direction,

one of said loops adapted to receive and hold between its opposite sidesa piece of sheet material.

2. A holder comprising a sheet metal plate bent to form a double reversebend consisting of two oppositely disposed loops adjacent to each other,the free ends of said loops both extending in the same direction, one ofsaid loops adapted to receive and hold between its opposite sides apiece of sheet material, the free end of one of said loops beingextended substantially therebeyond to form a support for saidloops.

3. A holder comprising a plate bent to form a double reverse bendconsisting of two oppositely disposed loops adjacent to each other, thefree ends of said loops both extending in the same direction, one ofsaid loops adapted to receive and hold between its opposite sides apiece of sheet material, the free end of one of said loops beingextended therebeyond to form a hook whereby said holder may be suspendedfrom a support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwo'subscribing witnesses.

GALEN F. HIX.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. PURINTON, hclniivirrn CHAPMAN.

